At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to ensure high-quality adult social care services in Dudley.
- Company: Dudley MBC, a forward-thinking council focused on community and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, permanent contract, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team committed to improving lives and fostering professional growth.
- Why this job: Shape the future of adult social care and drive meaningful change in the community.
- Qualifications: Experienced leader with a strong track record in social care management.
The predicted salary is between 76597 - 81370 £ per year.
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered, experienced social care professional to shape how Dudley ensures its adult social care services are safe, high performing and inspection ready.
As Strategic Adult Social Care Lead for Assurance and Continuous Development, you will lead a multidisciplinary team that underpins practice quality, professional standards and regulatory compliance across adult social care. You will strengthen workforce capability, embed robust assurance frameworks, and ensure the council maintains continuous, evidence-based monitoring and reporting. Working closely with colleagues across the service, you will foster coordinated, strengths based, person centred practice and support teams to adopt new ways of working that meet people's needs holistically.
This role offers a genuine strategic seat on the Management Team, reporting to the Associate Director for Strategic Commissioning, Partnerships, Innovation and Improvement, with real influence over how Dudley drives quality and assurance across adult social care.
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for an experienced and credible senior leader with significant management experience in a complex, multidisciplinary environment. You will have a strong track record of improving professional practice and delivering measurable change, alongside a comprehensive understanding of CQC frameworks, statutory responsibilities, professional governance and quality assurance.
An influential communicator and collaborative leader, you will combine strategic thinking with the resilience and judgement needed to operate in a complex environment. You will be confident leading people through change, working with senior stakeholders and partners, and using evidence and insight to drive better outcomes.
Why join Dudley MBC?
Dudley is ambitious for its communities and its workforce. You will join a Council focused on becoming more community-focused, collaborative, sustainable and financially resilient, with the opportunity to have genuine influence over the future of Adult Social Care. Your leadership, expertise and ideas will help strengthen services, develop our workforce and make a lasting difference to the people who rely on us.
The closing date for applications is 11th September 2026. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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